Posts Tagged ‘rastan’

What do you do when someone else has a really popular title? Why, you copy it as best you can. That is apparently what Taito did in the early 90’s when they released Saint Sword for the Sega Genesis. They followed the idea of Rastan as best they could but as with most copycats, they […]

Volgarr the Viking is a newer 2D side scrolling action adventure for Microsoft’s Xbox and Steam, well it was released almost a year ago but that is still newer than Rygar or Ghouls n Ghosts, right? I mention those two classics because it is quite clear that Volgarr the Viking is taking, at least, visual […]

It is no secret that Microsoft is kind of taking a beating with the Xbox One versus the Playstation 4 right now. While there are many possible reasons for this, I like to think it is a case of lack of retro content available for the platform- Sony has their whole PSOne Classics catalog of […]

Ocean Software, the company responsible for porting Rastan to home computers, has discovered a demo for Rastan on the Atari ST. This is a unique discovery since Ocean Software were not known for their 16-Bit computer ports (they had none at the time of this release). This is a game that was originally intended to […]

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Gaming on Batteries

Okay, messing with the classics can be a tough thing to do right. Just look at what happened in the late 90’s with Battlezone by Activision. What a mess that was. There have been a few other attempts over the years to update classics such as Asteroids, Battlezone, Missile Command and more but those were

The TurboGrafx-16 is one of those consoles that people either love or love to hate. There is no middle ground. For NEC’s first, and only, foray into console gaming in North America it was quite a polarizing console. Technically going head to head with the Sega Genesis but falling in between Sega’s newest console and

Earlier this year I covered a bit of Bayonetta Non-Stop Climax Edition on the Nintendo Switch. Now I can confirm a few things about the combo release for Nintendo’s portable/home console. First, this is the only way to play Bayonetta 1 or 2 on cartridge, if that is a selling point for you.

Okay, you may be thinking, why do I need a Game Boy Advance (GBA) clone? Well, if it is the K101 Plus then the real question I have for you, after you read my review, is why haven’t you ordered yours yet? This thing is quite cool and the extras that it offers over the

When it comes to the Game Boy the selection of independently developed and released titles is quite a mixed bag. Some games are simply stunning while others are, well, the Game Boy line was a great portable lineage wasn’t it? Airaki is one of those more interesting titles. Just check out the gameplay video below